About Michelle S.
Instructor details
Experience
Singing teacher
Jul, 2019 - PresentBroadway Training Center
Instruct classes for various ages in singing technique, audition technique, music theory and musical theater ensemble performance
Singing Teacher
Feb, 2018 - Jun, 2019Professional Performing Arts School
Instruct and design curriculum for professional and focused students at one of the leading performing arts schools in Manhattan. Responsible for teaching music theory, vocal technique and preparing and directing two concerts per year.
Education Outreach Director
Jul, 2013 - Jul, 2014Buck Hill Sky Top Music Festival
Branch of BHSTMF, which brings performers from the Met, NY Philharmonic, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Broadway, and more to the Pocono Mountains. As Director of the Educational Outreach program, Michelle created the curriculum and taught classes which brought quality arts education to the students of the region. Genres included dance, jazz, opera and musical theater.
Co-Owner
Mar, 2012 - Jun, 2017Footlights Entertainment
Co-owner of and performer for Footlights Entertainment, an NYC-based company that provides live entertainment to high-end corporate and private events. Show styles range from small-scale Broadway productions to small jazz ensembles and classical instrumentals.
Voice/Musical Theater Instructor
Jan, 2008 - Jun, 2014Applause Theatrical Workshops
Private Voice Lesson Instructor Musical Theater Class Instructor for ages 3-12 Director of musical theater-based summer day program ages 3 - 12
Voice Instructor
Sep, 2007 - PresentMichelle Shuttleworth Towler Voice Studio
Private Voice teacher for students ages 13-adult. Students include adult professionals in musical theater, dance, film/TV, pop music, singer-songwriting and casting. Also, amateur adults who take lessons for fun, to prepare for a special event or develop vocal skills, confidence, etc. Young students include those preparing for top performing arts programs such as La Guardia HS, Frank Sinatra HS, The Manhattan School of Music Pre-College Program, Interlochen Arts Camp and the National Children's Chorus.
Theater Instructor
Sep, 2005 - Nov, 2006Pittsburgh Musical Theater Conservatory
Instructor for high school students in pre-college musical theater program Advanced Acting, Script Analysis, Monologue Techniques
Education
BFA
Sep, 2001 - May, 2005Point Park University
Affiliations
Actors' Equity Association
Nov, 2006Actors' Equity Association, founded in 1913, is the labor union that represents more than 49,000 Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society.
National Association of Teachers of Singing
Oct, 2013Founded in 1944, National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc. (NATS) is the largest professional association of teachers of singing in the world with more than 7,000 members worldwide.
New York Singing Teachers Association
Sep, 2013NYSTA strives to provide voice professionals, both locally and globally, with the tools and inspiration needed for an increasingly informed and creative pedagogy. Immense advances in voice science, neurology, psychology, education theory, medicine, and mind/body healing offer new information and techniques from which voice teachers can draw. By making these resources accessible to our members, we foster twenty-first-century pedagogy, rooted in the great traditions of the past, incorporating the new knowledge of our time.
Languages
English
Native Proficiency
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